India vs United States: Waste — Emissions
Waste — Emissions over time
- India
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 4,940 kt against 4,450 kt in India, a difference of 490 kt.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times India's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
India ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 232 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,634 kt | 6,290 kt | 4,656 kt | United States |
| 1970s | 1,898 kt | 8,172 kt | 6,274 kt | United States |
| 1980s | 2,241 kt | 8,550 kt | 6,309 kt | United States |
| 1990s | 2,637 kt | 7,712 kt | 5,075 kt | United States |
| 2000s | 3,232 kt | 5,509 kt | 2,277 kt | United States |
| 2010s | 3,905 kt | 4,728 kt | 823 kt | United States |
| 2020s | 4,355 kt | 4,902 kt | 547.5 kt | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions, India or United States?
- United States, at 4,940 kt against 4,450 kt in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions between India and United States?
- 490 kt, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and United States?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and United States rank globally for waste — emissions?
- India ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 232 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf